A pressure-measuring device including an optical fibre with a thinned portion, a laser, called the heating laser, arranged to emit an optical wave, called the heating wave, into the thinned portion, a measuring means including a sensor that is arranged to measure a backscattered optical wave that is generated by an optical wave, called the interrogation wave, and that originates in the thinned portion of the optical fibre, and a processing unit arranged and/or programmed to measure a pressure of a fluid, preferably a gas, encircling the thinned portion, on the basis of the measurement of the backscattered wave.

A pressure-measuring device including an optical fibre with a thinned portion, a laser, called the heating laser, arranged to emit an optical wave, called the heating wave, into the thinned portion, a measuring means including a sensor that is arranged to measure a backscattered optical wave that is generated by an optical wave, called the interrogation wave, and that originates in the thinned portion of the optical fibre, and a processing unit arranged and/or programmed to measure a pressure of a fluid, preferably a gas, encircling the thinned portion, on the basis of the measurement of the backscattered wave.

A component monitoring apparatus [100] including an input [110] to receive sensor data from a sensor arrangement [S1-S4]. The sensor data representative of a use of a respective component [105] during a monitoring interval. A memory [118] provided to store received sensor data and a life parameter associated with the component [105], an interface [126] provided to communicate with a remote device and a power cell [128] provided to power the apparatus [100]. The apparatus [100] arranged to: store in the memory [118] received sensor data, in response to a trigger, read the sensor data from the data memory [118] and transfer the sensor data to the remote device, and, in response to receipt of a data packet containing a life parameter associated with the usage of the component [100], store the life parameter to the memory [122].

The invention relates to energy saving in vacuum systems by means of a method and a controller enabling to consider the fluctuation in system-pressure of a system by determining a maximum system-pressure S2H and a minimum system-pressure S2h for each working cycle W.sub.C based on a determined target system-pressure p.sub.n.sup. and a pre-set system-pressure p.sub.0.sup. for the current working cycle W.sub.Cn (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ). The method is especially adapted to fluctuations in system-pressure level of a vacuum system comprising a vacuum gripper tool.

The invention relates to energy saving in vacuum systems by means of a method and a controller enabling to consider the fluctuation in system-pressure of a system by determining a maximum system-pressure S2H and a minimum system-pressure S2h for each working cycle W.sub.C based on a determined target system-pressure p.sub.n.sup. and a pre-set system-pressure p.sub.0.sup. for the current working cycle W.sub.Cn (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ). The method is especially adapted to fluctuations in system-pressure level of a vacuum system comprising a vacuum gripper tool.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for determining a pressure in a sealed therapeutic environment provided by a dressing are described. The system can include a tissue interface configured to be positioned adjacent a tissue site. At least a portion of the tissue interface is electrically conductive. The system also includes a sealing member configured to be disposed over the tissue interface to form the sealed therapeutic environment. The system includes a dressing interface configured to fluidly connect the sealed therapeutic environment with a therapy unit. The dressing interface is further configured to be electrically coupled to the tissue interface and the therapy unit.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for determining a pressure in a sealed therapeutic environment provided by a dressing are described. The system can include a tissue interface configured to be positioned adjacent a tissue site. At least a portion of the tissue interface is electrically conductive. The system also includes a sealing member configured to be disposed over the tissue interface to form the sealed therapeutic environment. The system includes a dressing interface configured to fluidly connect the sealed therapeutic environment with a therapy unit. The dressing interface is further configured to be electrically coupled to the tissue interface and the therapy unit.

To prevent negative influences of a measuring gas on vacuum sensor elements a protective device including one or more deflection elements made of wire, tape, or tube is inserted between the gas port or a vacuum measuring cell and the sensor element or sensor elements therein. The deflection element may be a spiral-shaped member and may be fabricated and deposited by laser melting from pure metal or an alloy on an inlet or outlet plate. The deflection element may react with the sample gas or its constituents. The deflection element extends the path of the incoming measurement gas to the sensor element and deflects the flow direction, whereby contaminant particles carried with the gas are deposited on the deflection element.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a technical field of vacuum gauges, and more particularly to a vacuum measuring device. The vacuum measuring device includes a pre-stage chamber and a vacuum gauge provided in sequence along a pressure conduction direction. The pre-stage chamber is communicated with the vacuum gauge. A pre-stage diaphragm is provided in the pre-stage chamber. A measurement diaphragm is provided in the vacuum gauge. A pressure conduction chamber is formed between the pre-stage diaphragm and the measurement diaphragm. The pressure conduction chamber is filled with a pressure conduction fluid.

An interpreter desk for a conferencing system is presented comprising a first interface configured to select an audio input channel from a plurality of audio input channels. Each corresponding to a different language, from which selected audio input channel a translation into a target language is to be performed. A processing unit is arranged to suggest one or more audio input channels and corresponding language as a source language for translation into the target language, based on at least one user preference and an indication of the quality of the different languages.